The Second Victim of Venezuela Riots; Opposition is Responsible for the Public Trauma

The opposition-led riots in Venezuela have led to the death of second person. This is while the protesters are still wondering what their protest is seeking.

Reports are indicative of another person killed in the protests in Caracas. Daniel Queliz was struck by a gunfire near a housing complex. The source of shot remains unclear while the opposition is responsible for the unrest in the capital.

The protests began as a reaction to transferring some powers of the opposition-led national assembly, while evidences prove that protest leaders used the excuse as a tool to provoke the public for overturning the government. The protests soon turned violent, shooting rocks and Molotov cocktails and destroying public places.

The protesters also blocked the roads making difficulties for the civilians. The rising riots increased the worries about the repeat of February 2014 Guarimbas opposition-led riots which led to the death of 43 people. Jorge Rodriguez, PSUV politician, found the violent protests “brutal and sustained aggression against the Venezuelan people.”

The protests are planned by foreign sides like United states and the EU. Maduro believes that, “Western-backed opposition has hugely capitalized on the global slump in oil prices to try and remove him from office.” Intervention in the internal affairs of Venezuela and instigating riots is while “he right-wing leadership has no notion of ethics, morality, not even the homeland or sovereignty”, as Mr. Rodriguez says.

A media war against Venezuela and its people is launched by imperialist countries and the main role of Zionists in plotting against Latin American countries must not be neglected. The “international bullying” as Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami calls it has multiple purposes, manifest and latent; each related to the welfare of the Zionists in one way or another.

The Manquehue Institute for Strategic Studies is a civic organization that pursues both the development of strategic views on main topics related to Latin American countries aimed at the local people, and projecting a faithful image of this region to the world.